HOW JOHN CAME TO MAKE 'THE GARRISON TAPES

Heritage Of Stone

In the summer of 1970 John found himself hosting a new, live morning 90 minute News-Information show in Los Angeles called, appropriately, 'AM Los Angeles. (It was the show that would later give Regis Philbin his start!)

We say 'found' because this is not what he started out to do, or was planning on doing. Up till that time he'd primarily been a stand-up comedian; he'd worked the best clubs in the country from 'The hungri i' in San Francisco, to 'Mr. Kelly's' in Chicago, and had released a very controversial album with liner notes by comedian-activist Dick Gregory called 'It's Tough To Be White!'

And he had just come off a six month contract with Westinghouse who had signed him as a possible replacement for the very popular Merv Griffin!

But, after auditioning against hundreds of hopefuls, this is where he 'found' himself.

And, since in his act, he did a lot of political and topical material, News was no stranger to him; actually it was a necessity! So, on this show, he found a home.

And so did a lot of people, authors, and activists who could not be heard anywhere else.

He put Mohammed Ali on for 90 minutes when no one else in the country, except Howard Cosell, would do so. Ali had refused to kill Viet Cong because he said they never did anything to him; and the government was out to get him! As much as Ali is revered today,  that's how much he was publicly hated then!

Likewise Cesar Chavez, the hero of the itinerant farm labor movement!

And, also, almost, New Orleans' DA Jim Garrison. (Back to that shortly.)

A celebrity was almost never seen on the show unless what they had to say or impart was of some public importance! A very far cry from today!

Being in the heart of the Entertainment Industry, John also decided to do reviews and commentaries on film and the media..over the objections of station management. But. the show was live, so he did them anyway, becoming the first person in America to do so on a TV News show!

This lead him to be recruited as the acerbic film critic for Los Angeles Magazine for ten years!

Now, back to Jim Garrison.

In the late 60's news of Garrison was all over the media! How this whacked out, overly ambitious DA from New Orleans was trying to railroad and ruin a prominent businessman, Clay Shaw, for conspiracy in the killing of John Kennedy!

Garrison's derangement was all over the main stream media! You couldn't find anything objective or supportive of the man unless you stumbled across 'Ramparts' magazine. But John, at the time, had never heard of 'Ramparts.'

He just remembers thinking to himself that the government had stood in Garrison's way, keeping him out of a courtroom for two years! My God, John thought, if the government really thinks Garrison has nothing to say, why don't they get out of his way and let him fall on his face!
Eventually Garrison, according to the media, did fall on his face when a jury acquitted Shaw!
So, for John and most of the rest of the country, that was it. It's over; the justice system has spoken! One afternoon, though, John was in a bookstore and happened to come across a book by Jim Garrison called 'Heritage Of Stone.' He glanced through it, and even with this brief glance was stunned to stumble across information about the trial that he'd never heard of. The fact that government officials refused to serve legal subpoenas, and that he had to sue Life magazine to release the Zapruder film! And, the jury had acquitted Shaw of conspiracy, but found him guilty of perjury in denying he knew Oswald! And the government stepped in to prevent a further trial! John immediately bought it and read it that night.

The next morning he called the New Orleans District Attorney's office.

He didn't have to go through a secretary. Garrison himself answered, saying in that deep, bass-bartone, 'Hello!'

'Mr. Garrison?' John asked.

'Yes.'

My name is John Barbour. I host a live, morning talk-news show, and I've just finished reading, 'Heritage Of Stone!'

'Oh, you're the other one!' Garrison joked without missing a beat.

John laughed. That's funny!'

'Not if you're trying to sell books..or better still, tell a story!'
Garrison responded.

'Well, Mr. Garrison, I'd be delighted to have you on the show. We'd talk for about 45 minutes and then we'd open up the phones for callers who I am certain would swamp the switchboards!'

'You know, John, the gallop polls indicate over 80% of the public believe Oswald didn't act alone, if at all; but only 22% think there should be another investigation. What does that tell you! They're afraid to question Authority; I know what my mother did to bring me into the world, but don't tell me my mother is not a virgin! Anyway, That's very, very nice of you, and I'd accept the invitation, but I'm not sure you'll get away with it,'
Garrison said.

'We'll pay your way-'

'That's not what I'm saying; I'm saying I don't think your management would quite allow it.'

'Mr. Garrison, it's the top-rated morning show in LA; half the time we beat 'the 'Today' show, we've won our first Emmy. There's no way they wouldn't want you on! Besides, you're my guest!'

'Then I would look forward to it!

'That's terrific. I'll talk to our producer, Brad Lachman; we'll work out some dates that fit into your schedule, and I should be getting back to you in the next few days!'

'Fine.'

'I'll talk to you then, and the book is amazing stuff! G'bye!'

'Thanks for calling. Bye.'

That was the last conversation John had for over five years. Garrison was not in his office when John called to tell him there would be no interview. His next conversation was shortly after Watergate when John was now the media critic-at-large on the KNBC News in Los Angeles alongside Tom Snyder and Tom Brokaw.

Within days of talking to Garrison, John was fired! Management was not pleased when he booked him without consulting either them or his producer, but John doesn't feel that that was the reason they dumped him.

Management just resented him because he was constantly proving them wrong!

The GM of the station was John McMahan and the Program Director was Larry Einhorn.

When John was first hired and he encouraged them to do the show live with phone calls, they said that this wasn't San Francisco, this was a town of misfits who couldn't talk on the phone!

John told them that if the guests and conversations were interesting so, too, would be the calls.

John also told management that his show would help their six o'clock News!

They told him he was an idiot; he was only on in the morning!

'Yes, 'John agreed,' But when they go to work they turn off the set, and when they come home at Six and turn it on, it's on to your News"'

And when it came to John's wanting to do reviews, management said that nobody went to the movies anymore, and no one cares about that intellectual crap!

John said that most movies aren't even close to being intellectual, and even if people don't go, they love to talk about them!

In four months, this time-slot went from a .03 Neilsen rating to a 5!

And John's ratings with management plummeted!

They came to a head, or rather a bottom, with his booking of Garrison.

When word reached the public that John was being replaced by a non-news personality from another station, they were shocked. So, was the News Director, (a mystery novel writer on the side,) who told McMahan that he'd love to have John do his commentaries and reviews on the News. McMahan declined the request.

A week later, an elderly, formerly famous ballerina, whose life John saved one morning when she called in on the verge of suicide, came to the KABC studios with a group of friends and a couple of cardboard boxes.

In these boxes were signatures; ten thousand of them! These ladies had spent the whole week at malls in Orange County gathering signatures to keep John on the air.

McMahan said that that was impressive, but he's gone.

John cornered him privately and said, 'John, look, you don't want to give people the impression you're just throwing me out! Let me do the reviews on the News, and at least they'll know I'm still here!'

McMahan's response, 'Screw the public; they don't hire you!' (Only he didn't say 'screw.')

'Look, 'John tried to add, ' you guys at ABC have never had a decent morning Host or late-night Host, and you may have one with me! If you do your job as well as I do mine, you might end up as President of this company!'

McMahan walked away without a word, and was almost never heard of again in television! The same for Larry Einhorn!

Watergate

Before landing at KNBC where he next talked to Garrison, John had a brief stint at channel 11 in LA, (later to become a Fox station,) where he was their media critic. Immediately following the massacre of the Israeli athletes in Munich, when John saw that Johnny Carson went on the air without even mentioning it in any fashion, John did a piece about what it must be like to be a Jew in such a world. Within days, there were thousands of request for this commentary from around the world, and for two years it became the official fund-raising film for the United Jewish Appeal!
It also prompted Tom Brokaw to recommend him to NBC's management.(It can be seen on John's site, www.johnbarboursworld.com)

When the Watergate break-in occurred, John had a fleeting thought; he wondered what Jim Garrison might think of such an event. So, he called him, and there was that great, deep voice again.

'Well, you're still around, I see,' Garrison said.

'And thankfully, so are you,' John replied.

When queried about Watergate, Garrison said he couldn't quite say what the motives were, but some of the same characters names that came up in Dallas were popping up in that Washington Hotel! Hunt. Rodriguez, and a few others!

They talked about Viet Nam, civil rights, and what seemed to be happening to America since Dallas; and closed the conversation with the hopes that one day they might get together.
Speak Up America A few years later, they did!

This time John wasn't just a local critic.

This time he was co-hosting, co-producing, and the principal writer on 'Real People,'the reality show he had created which, as he predicted, changed the face of American television. Not only was the show highly entertaining and smart, but the few serious stories on it were responsible for getting a Presidential citation for The Navajo Codetalkers and The Tuskegee Airmen, helped get the Viet Nam memorial wall built, and helped John Walsh get his Missing Children's Act passed!

Many times, as number one in the country, in the middle of America, it got a fifty percent audience share! It was literally a force, receiving upwards of 20,000 pieces of mail a week.

Because of the show's success, the show's owner and Executive Producer, George Schlatter, (John just received a royalty and a small percentage,) sold another show to NBC called 'Speak Up America.'

This was to be a controversial News-Information show with two of the three hosts being Marjoe Gortner, a former child evangelist, and Herb Brooks the coach of the American Hockey team that beat the Russians in that miracle on ice!

Gortner was supposed to be sort of a real Howard Beal, the character portrayed brilliantly by Peter Finch in 'Network!'

Schlatter of course asked John to help him produce it since John came out of News; John declined. He had his hands full he said maintaining the integrity of 'Real People.'

'Speak Up America'

was called by one critic, 'Throw Up America!' So, Schlatter again came to John for help. John was about to decline again, but on about page 16 of the Los Angeles Times he saw a small article which stated that The House Committee On Assassinations had concluded 4 shots had been fired in Dealy Plaza, therefore a conspiracy had to exist.

Immediately, John thought of Garrison. And called him. Once again the phone was answered directly by Jim.

'Mr. Garrison,' John said quickly,' I just read this small article buried in the middle of the LA Times where they concluded there had to be a conspiracy in Dallas! Do you feel vindicated?

Garrison chuckled. 'John, I feel like a blind man in a dark room who just received a very small trophy; only I know I received it! By the way, when I can catch it, I enjoy your show. I'm happy for you!'

'Look, I'm not part of this new show called 'Speak Up America,' but the boss is always asking for my help. If I can get him to let me do your story finally, would you be willing?'

'Certainly. I'd look forward to seeing you in person!'

'I'll get right back to you!'

John hung up and went in to Schlatter's office.

'George,' he said,'if you like, I'll consult with you on the stories in your show, but I'd like to do one myself!'

'On camera?' George asked.

'No, just as Producer and writer of it. Marjoe would be the on-air interviewer.

'What story?' George asked again.

John showed him the article in the Times and related his tale about the 'AM' show and how he'd been trying for years to get Jim's story on the air.

'Fine.' Schlatter said quickly.

'Great,' John said. 'And while I'm down there, I've always been fascinated by the great street performers in New Orleans, so while I'm down there, I'll shoot some of their stories for 'Real People.'

Three weeks later John was in New Orleans in Jim Garrison's office in his home along with a film crew, Marjoe and a bright, young field producer he hired named Donna Kanter, daughter of the best one-line joke writer in America, Hal Kanter, a fixture for years on the Academy Awards! And Jim Garrison! And walls lined with books!

They were going to interview Jim first for an hour, and then do reverse questions with Marjoe. But Jim preferred that John do the actual interview.
John, as always, never had a preset list of questions; he would wing it just from his knowledge and curiosity about the case; so he instructed Donna to write down every question he asked so they would know what questions Marjoe should ask on the reversals!

So, the interview began. John asked if Jim felt vindicated. Jim answered the way he had on the phone, with a wry smile.

John then asked how many network or national or local newspaper had contacted him asking for an interview or his opinion about the Committee's findings of a conspiracy in Dallas!

'None.' Jim replied quickly. 'You're the only one; and I'm only doing this interview with you so I can get a 'Real People' T shirt!'

The crew howled.

'And, 'Garrison added, 'the fake Oswald who's in prison in Georgia would probably also grant you an interview for a T shirt!'

The crew giggled again. but that was the last laugh. The interview lasted not one hour, or two, but three!

Afterwards John said it was the most inspiring, scary, stimulating three hours he'd probably ever spend in his life, and that Garrison was probably the brightest man he'd ever met outside of scientist Buckminster Fuller!

The answer to one question toward the end of the interview still almost breaks John's heart!

'Mr. Garrison, 'John asked, 'you were a former FBI agent, you were in the Military, you were at Dachau when it was liberated, you're on the conservative side politically, you believed The Warren Report for three years, until you read it, what ever made you think you could succeed in taking on the Federal Government?'

Without missing a beat, Garrison replied, 'I guess as a kid, John, I saw one too many Frank Capra movies!'

Back in Los Angeles, John and Donna prepared what was to be the only two part piece for 'Speak Up America.'

In editing it together, John has Marjoe asking, 'How many shooters were there?'

Garrison answers, 'Three. Three teams. One shooting from the grassy knoll, and one from the back, but not from that book depository!'

Then Marjoe asks, 'How many people do you think were aware or knew what was about to happen?'

Garrison answers. 'In a military type operation like this, everything is on a need to know basis; so my guess would be..about 32!'

The two-parter was now ready for air. The first part had Jim explaining how the paraffin tests on Oswald were negative so he could never have fired that gun or any gun, but that the FBI had lied, saying the test was positive!'

The audience had never heard this kind of information before, and their reaction was enthusiastic. they couldn't wait for Part 2!

Part two had, literally in the middle of the night, had been turned into a horror story! But John, and Jim,  didn't know it until part two aired!

On the air part two was unfolding when the camera cuts to Marjoe asking, 'How many shooters were there?'

Now a cut to Garrison saying, 'Thirty-two!'

John literally screamed at the set!! What the hell was that!

In a second the phone rang. It was Schlatter. 'What do you think?'

Now John screamed at Schlatter, 'George, what the hell have you done?'

Before he could finish, Schlatter hung up saying, 'Garrison is a nut!'

John, on the verge of tears immediately called Garrison in New Orleans.
'Mr Garrison, I don't know what to say. I can't believe what just happened!'

Garrison was calmer. 'John, I've gotten used to it.'

'But, ' John continued, 'Schlatter did it deliberately. He defamed you deliberately. That's libel!

'John, believe me, don't take it so hard!'

'Mr. Garrison, 'John said quickly, 'he's ruining your life..and he's ruining my work! Sue him. Please. It's an open and shut case. We've got all the facts right here!'

'John, I like your show, the other one; it's a good show and I wouldn't want to see you lose it-'

'It doesn't matter, John interrupted, ' It's my work and my word to you.
They've been compromised.'

'I've been through this too many times to get too upset. At least in the first part people saw what they'd probably never seen before, that Oswald didn't fire a rifle. At least that's one small step! Please, don't be upset. We tried!'

John didn't sleep that night. The first thing in the morning he confronted Donna Kanter. 'What the hell happened with Jim's piece?'

Donna tried to avoid answering.

'Look, Donna, you're my friend. I hired you, damn it! What happened. Tell me?'

Donna now had tears in her eyes. 'George called me late and asked me to come in to editing. So, I did. Then..then he had me change it!'

'Didn't you object?'

'How could I. he's the boss!'

'Then why didn't you call me!'

'He told me not to!'

'Jesus! How could you be part of such a thing!'

The confrontation with Schlatter was even more profane!

John knew after this, his days with 'Real People' were numbered. He was earning nearly $25,000.00 per show, but he felt he could not be around someone like Schlatter for long.

And Schlatter knew that he could never be near anyone with taste or principles...and be in TV!

The Garrison Tapes

At the end of the third year, Schlatter sold NBC two additional years of shows, so with the money in hand, he knew he no longer needed John to keep it afloat. Plus, there'd be a huge savings if John was gone. So, John was gone, once again from a show he'd almost single handedly made successful.

And the shows quality and ratings plummeted. As John said, 'You can't take Neil Simon's typewriter away from him and give it to someone else and expect 'The Odd couple' or 'The Sunshine Boys!'

John was 'Real People's' typewriter!

John still had those compelling three hours of interview with Jim, though.
And for a few years tried vainly to get a full-blown documentary made with them as the foundation.

At every turn, though, he was, excuse the expression, shot down! The interviews were on tape; digital hadn't been fully developed at the time, so to preserve them, every few years he would have them transferred to new tape.

He did that for a period of ten years, until late in 1992.

With the substantial earnings he had saved, and income from his share of the failed syndication of cut-down half 'Real People' episodes, he had rebuilt a small bungalow in Toluca Lake into a showplace chalet for his wife, Sarita, and his son Christopher. The smog in LA, though, was beginning to make Sarita deadly ill, so they decided to move to Las Vegas. John was very familiar with this bloated, growing resort, having appeared as opening acts for Robert Goulet and Bobby Darin and John Gary. They would also not be too far from Christopher who had recently graduated from Stanford, and wanted to stay in LA.

They put up the 'open house for sale by owner' sign and began to pack. Of course, one of the prize possessions was this wonderful interview with Garrison. He put a vhs version into the player to check it once more, and picked up the 'Hollywood Reporter.' And there was this announcement that Oliver Stone had bought Jim's book, 'On the Trail Of The Assassins,' and was about to turn it into a film..with this decade's Jimmy Stewart as
Garrison: Kevin Kostner!

John couldn't believe it! He called New Orleans immediately. Elizabeth, Jim's daughter answered the phone at her father's house. It was true she said. John was delighted and asked to speak to her dad. Elizabeth said her father was very ill and probably couldn't speak, but she would ask him anyway.

It was a while before a different voice was on the phone; it was Jim, but the force and vibrancy was gone. John didn't wish to keep him long, and said he just wanted to congratulate him, and say that if anyone could get a movie like that made it would be Oliver Stone.

They said 'goodbyes!.'That was the last time John got to speak with Jim Garrison, but he would have many conversations with the children and their mother whom he would eventually put on tape!

Wow! This is terrific John thought. His story will finally be told, and by someone who could really bring attention to it! Oliver Stone. Now he had a better idea: why not let Oliver also Produce a documentary with the real Jim Garrison! He could release it a year after the film's debut! It's a natural because any criticism of the film, and there would certainly be tons of that, (and there was,) would be blunted by the facts of the documentary and the real man himself!

He now rushed to the phone to call Oliver Stone's office. Oliver was in his secretary said, but couldn't come to the phone. Excitedly John explained the reason for the call and told the secretary to interrupt whatever Oliver was doing and tell him.

A few minutes later, the secretary returned and said that Oliver was too busy to talk, but could John send over the tapes! John said that he would bring them over himself and sit with Oliver while they looked at them!
When?

The secretary put him on hold again, and returned saying that that wasn't necessary, just send over the tapes!

John, in disbelief, declined, signing off by saying if Oliver decides it's something he's interested in, he can call me!

John thought, 'How could anybody doing a film about the assassination possibly turn such a chance to tell Jim's real story down!

The next day John got a call, not from Stone, but from Elizabeth in New Orleans. She was still at her father's house. The children were taking turns tending their dad.

'John, 'Elizabeth asked, 'Do you know a Rose something or other at Oliver Stone's office?'

'No,' John Said. 'Why?'

'Well, I just got off the phone a while ago from somebody named 'Rose' who identified herself as working for Oliver Stone!' She paused.

'Yes?' John said.

'This lady said that you weren't the person who should be doing any film or documentary about my dad, and that Oliver would appreciate it, if we did not assist you in any way!'

'Are you sure she was from Oliver's office?'

'She said she was. I guess I could call his office and ask for her!'

'Elizabeth, I don't know what to tell you. I just know he wouldn't take my call or see me. And as for making a documentary, I thought this would be a natural piggyback for him! I've tried for years, as you know, without success, and he could get it made in a heartbeat. I'm sure with all the publicity his film is going to get, it would be easier for me to raise the money to do it, but I don't travel in those circles so I don't know how lucky I'd be. What did your dad say?'

'My father said, 'no matter what anybody says, help John!' She paused again. 'So, if you want to try and make your film, my family and I will do all we can do to help!'

'Thank you; and thank your brothers. And your dad. Goodbye!'

When you know you have something really important you want to do, something that you know will succeed, and you have no money, you rack your brain for ideas on how to get it! And while you're in such a frenzied state, it sometimes just walks in the door!

And that's what happened to John!

The vhs tapes were still in the player. John kept looking at them over and over, like Gloria Swanson in 'Sunset Blvd.'

He was watching them and thinking of possible ways to raise the few hundred thousand it would probably cost. He had some left over now that he didn't have to spend $20,000 a year to send his son to school! His house was almost paid for; and he recalled how Stone himself had mortgaged his house to make 'Salvador,' a really excellent film that launched his career!

Then there was a knock at the door. It turned out to be 'opportunity!'

When he opened it, standing there were two clean-cut, nice looking fellows who looked in their late 20's!. They identified themselves as two of the Brunson brothers; they were trumpet players, Mormons from Utah, who saw the sign and wondered if they could see the house. (The Brunson Brothers still perform all around the country!)

John invited them in, and asked if they were interested in buying it. They said they weren't. They just wanted to look at it! Would John mind?

John said 'not at all,' and asked Sarita to show them around while he looked at the last reel of tape.

But the Brunson brothers didn't move from the living room. They just stared at the set..and Jim Garrison!

'Who is that?' they asked.

John told them. The whole story. From the 'AM' show to Oliver Stone and his upcoming film!

The trumpet players were fascinated and asked if they could watch more of the interview. John obliged, and they sat spellbound through the last hour!

'What are you going to do with this stuff? It's amazing. We never heard of him!' They said.

John replied that he was going to try and make a documentary, but needed more money.

They said, 'We might be able to get it for you!

'How?' John asked.

'Well, they said, 'we're not looking to buy a house yet. Just getting some ideas. So, for the past week or so we've just been going around looking at open houses. Yesterday, we were at a guy's house in the Hollywood Hills. He says he's a producer. Has his own company, and is just getting started!

'And?' John said.

'We could call him. He's a nice guy. He liked us, and maybe you could show him this interview, and see what he says. His name is Lamar Card!'

In preparation of meeting with Lamar, John brought on board a friend he felt could also help get this off the ground. His name was Freddy Weintraub, the producer who made it possible for Warner Bros to make 'Woodstock,' and the producer who found Bruce Lee..and 'Enter The Dragon.'

Two weeks later, in the offices of 'Blueridge Prodcutions,' a young Lamar Card put two hundred thousand dollars on the table so John could make 'The Garrison Tapes!'

John then gave ten percent of his profits to the Brunson brothers, and called Tulane University to tell them that from the first money he made, John wanted to set up a law scholarship in the name of Jim Garrison.

Then he made 'The Garrison Tapes.' And not only did no one see any money, almost no one in America got to see the film!

Epilogue

Overseas the film was extremely successful. A leading Australian critic said that Stone's 'JFK' should have been 90 minutes and John's 3 hours! It won the '93 San Sebastian film festival award; and Werner Hertzog honored John and it in Vienna.

While on the plane back to America, John heard that Jim Garrison had died!

Cinemax ran it a few times in conjunction with 'JFK,' and in spite of an overwhelming response didn't air it beyond the month!

CNN offered to buy it, then backed out!

No one would distribute it, and no network would air it, or even respond to enquiries about broadcasting it.

To try to bring it to the public here, John asked Leammle Theaters to run it just one weekend to see what kind of response it would get. So, they did, at their theater at Crescent Heights and Sunset.

John agreed to not only introduce the film, but to stay and conduct a Q and A afterwards. With nothing but word of mouth, every showing was sold out!

The Los Angeles Times, unannounced and uninvited showed up and gave it a rave review!

John did the same thing with an Art House Theater in San Francisco, to the same enthusiastic crowds! But, that's as far as it got!

During a Ron Paul rally, John personally put the vhs in the hands of Michael Moore; Michael said he'd see what he could do for him and Garrison. John never heard from him!
So, for over 16 years following its completion, John is and was still trying to get this very deserving film to a deserving audience. Every talk show host of all political persuasions turned him down or didn't respond to his letters or calls. As did every channel!

All except one: George Knapp!

And the only reason John contacted George is George also lives in Las Vegas, and John was impressed with George's work on their local CBS station.

George contacted John, told him he remembered him and his good work, and could he send the film.

After seeing it, George called saying it was the best thing he'd ever seen on the assassination, and he would love to have John on 'Coast To Coast.'

John made two appearances with George. The last was appropriately on Nov.22nd, 2009 along with Jim Marrs! As always, the response was overwhelming! Calls and requests for the dvd came from all over the world!

On Nov. 22nd, 1963 John Kennedy may have died in Dallas, and the hopes of a more democratic, fairer society may have died in Dallas, but the truth of that horrible event lives on, gaining a life of its own. Millions of people the world over, born and unborn at the time, know in their hearts that the truth doesn't reside in the shoddy Warren Report, but in the works of the hundreds and thousands of people, known and unknown, who keep writing about, talking about, and chipping away at the bureaucratic Berlin Wall of Lies, to reveal, fully, the truth of what Jim Garrison knew from the beginning.

Hans Christian Anderson may have said the Emperor has no clothes, but Jim Garrison says, 'If the Emperor has no clothes, he should be arrested for indecent exposure!!'